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the table and the dishwasher.

the table and the dishwasher.

I have spent a lot of time thinking about the table in the kitchen area. What colour it should be, what shape and style. … View Post
ALL WHITE NOW

ALL WHITE NOW

Its almost ALL WHITE…. almost. View Post
days and days

days and days

It’s been nearly two weeks since I last wrote. Lots has happened but I have been totally distracted by work (blurgh). Actually some … View Post
sunshine!

sunshine!

The sun has finally come out!  This is good.  AND there are two other good things that happened yesterday: a birth in the family (… View Post
dust to dust

dust to dust

It’s a dusty old time now on the good ship seahorse.  The bilges have been angle-grinded down by Pat and there is much … View Post
grub part 3

grub part 3

Phase 3: Involves inviting friends over and they come and feel sorry for you but they help anyway for a few hours and we are … View Post
grub part 2

grub part 2

Phase 2:  Where we put on clothes we never want to see again and hack lovingly at the bottom of our boat.  Apparently it would … View Post
dan comes to tea

dan comes to tea

well not really.  we took brother Daniel to have a look round in the dark yesterday. And got all excited again.  Even he got … View Post
ship ahoy!

ship ahoy!

Excuse the incessant boaty puns, but it’s hard to resist sometimes. So, Pennie is now owned by a new ‘captain’ and we have … View Post
first born dissappears

first born dissappears

They didn’t think about how the baby coots would get back on to the boat once they’d fallen off. We even built … View Post
the coots are breeding

the coots are breeding

I’m catching up slightly here because a lot has happened in the past five weeks and we’ve only just created this outlet. … View Post
the magpie

the magpie

I was sitting at my desk tapping on my laptop keyboard.  It was a sunny afternoon and there was a light breeze.  I thought: ‘… View Post